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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 10, 1919
Page
4
Publication schedule notes weekly Thursday issues. Ad rates listed at $1.50 per year in advance. Deadlines require copy for first insertion by Tuesday for same week publication. Names C W Venables and H Josby are shown as publishers.
Rev Geo Lockhart leads Sunday worship with the sermon Sacraments their value in testimony for Christ. Quarterly communion follows the service. Sunday School and Bible Class at 7 pm discuss Timothy the Champion for the Truth. Oakner Sunday School runs to 2 pm with a 3 pm preaching service. All invited to worship.
The article notes the morning sermon on The Kingdom of God at Zion Church with plans for Sunday School at 12 10 and a picnic to The Narrows next Thursday July 17th It also mentions an anniversary sermon for the Hamiota Orange Lodge with William Prince of Orange honored and a parade led by the Crandall fife and drum band The Shoal Lake Summer School opens July 14 with an 8 30 song service and a noted letter from the Manitoba War Relief For France Inc praising a donation of 54 dozen eggs valued at 21 60 and inviting further support Stores close Thursdays at noon and the Hamiota Agricultural Society fair date August 1.
A rain shrouded farewell for Mr and Mrs Thos Kerr was held in Knox Church parlors in Hamiota. Rev G Lockhart spoke of faithful service on the Managers Board Sunday School and orchestra and others recalled cordial business relations with Kerr. Mrs Kerr received a hand bag and Kerr a set of military hair brushes before thanks and best wishes for Speers Sask. Neighbors sang God be with you till we meet again. A warning note: speeding on Hamiota streets will be prosecuted with a 10 mile limit.
The record outlines Hamiota school enrollment by sex and age totals, with pupils entering Grade 1 as beginners, average attendance, and total teaching days. It notes attendance below 60 days and school closures by health officer order, plus numbers for girls and overall pupil counts.
A lengthy list records promotions from Grade 1 to 2 and 2 to 3 including Barnes, Fraser, Griffin, Stinson, Venables, Lemon, Jamieson, Keough, Kelly, Thomas, Fraser, Reid, Venables and others. Several students pass with honors or on trial, with teachers noted as F. M. Cochrane and others guiding progress.
A Virden Fair program lists grade 7 and 8 students including Margaret Whimster Jean Sutherland Norburn Todd Violet Kerr and Carl Heddeshimer Ervyn Bouck and Alice Thring. An aeroplane stunt show is planned with passengers. horse racing baseball and other attractions are expected to draw a large crowd and potential record bids.
Newell's Pictures will reopen on Thursday with Episode 3 of Hidden Hand resuming. The column notes ongoing Calves exhibit and a reminder to readers to review the fair rules as the three week countdown continues.
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